For many second-generation Chinese Canadian children growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, Fairchild was one of the major avenues to connect with their parents’ home and Hong Kong culture. Fairchild TV transmitted dramas and soap operas from Asia to Canada, successfully bridging the gap between “home” in Asia and “home” in Toronto for immigrants and their descendants for over three decades.
Read MoreFête Chinoise contributor Jasmine Chen shares an up-close and personal interview with Samantha Wan, whom you may know from the award-winning series Second Jen. She worked with Andrew Phung in this new and intriguing series and has so much warmth and heart to share. “Being an actor, a writer, a producer, all of those things make the directing way easier.”
Read MoreThere is a reason why he has a nickname E神 or 歌神: God of Songs, admired by many like an immortal on his grand stage. Surpassing most performance careers — singer, songwriter, actor and producer, Eason Chan (陳奕迅) is now into his third decade of music-making since he began his career in 1995. Not many pop stars stay relevant for such a long and continuous stretch of time in the especially fast-paced Asian entertainment landscape, yet Eason has defied the odds. Winning multiple awards across Asia, and selling out for concert tours worldwide, he has been one of the top producing artists in Asia since the early 2000s.
10,000 camphor trees and 50 historical buildings were replanted and reconstructed in Minhang District, just outside of Shanghai under the direction of Mr. Dadong Ma. Why? He wanted to stop these cultural artifacts and places from being forever lost. The businessman then searched out Aman Resorts as an operator and many years later, Amanyangyun was born.
Read MoreWe present the Children’s gift guide with this beautiful lion dance puzzle! Toys, fashion, and other great objects are now ready for you to browse. Check out our handpicked gift guide for the kids!
Read MoreTo mark the theme of the 7th Edition of our annual keepsake magazine: Perspective, we present the men’s gift guide with this first in-demand item of a drone. Gadgets, fashion, and other great objects are now ready for you to browse. Check out our handpicked gift guide for men!
Read MoreThe 2021 Holiday Season places us in what is hopefully the tail end of the world pandemic. In some communities, we will be celebrating with family and friends again, and delivering gifts when we visit! Our gift guide is presented in four chapters this year: home and hosting, men’s, women’s and children’s collections. Enjoy the products and the joy of giving!
Read MoreThe 2021 Holiday Season places us in what is hopefully the tail end of the world pandemic. In some communities, we will be celebrating with family and friends again, and delivering gifts when we visit! Our gift guide is presented in four chapters this year: home and hosting, men’s, women’s and children’s collections. Enjoy the products and the joy of giving!
Read MoreFrom my series “The Quiet Spring,” the beginnings of the virus can be seen — at the time it wasn’t perceived as too serious and no one could predict that just two months later, it would become a global pandemic. The development of the epidemic inspired several series of large- and small-scale ink paintings with profound reflections.
Read MoreMy latest project Abundance opened as an online exhibition with Patel Gallery for the 2020 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival. Featuring new sculptural, photographic and installation-based works, Abundance is a cyclical reflection on two actions: my relatives bringing pieces of cut fruit in my youth, and me leaving fruit offerings at ancestral graves.
Read MoreUsing paper as medium and sculpture as method, this series brings to life the meaning of ten characters through each visual form.
Read MoreBrock De Boer's work is an archival snapshot of contemporary and nostalgic objects cast in porcelain telling my story. Casting an object from a past time or of a temporary material in porcelain allows that item to exist forever, telling the future a bit about the past.
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